On March 31st, 2012, the Massachusetts School Library Association Student Interest Group held its annual spring conference at Simmons College. This podcast, the last of four, features Chris Swerling, Patricia Karam, and Rachael Lundquist talking about �Reading as a Window to the World: Why Multicultural Literature is Important and How to Move It Off the…
On March 31st, 2012, the Massachusetts School Library Association Student Interest Group held its annual spring conference at Simmons College. This podcast, the third of four, is a panel titled “Working in a Middle School Library”. Those on the panel include: Amy Blume, Diane Montville, Lynn Weeks, Elizabeth Vaccaro, and Sharon Hamer. Simmons GSLIS Graduate…
On March 31st, 2012, the Massachusetts School Library Association Student Interest Group held its annual spring conference at Simmons College. This podcast, the second of four, features Erin Broderick and Jennifer Reed from Newton Public Schools to talk about how to increase collaboration between library teachers, classroom teachers, and instructional technology specialists. Simmons GSLIS Graduate…
On March 31st, 2012, the Massachusetts School Library Association Student Interest Group held its annual spring conference at Simmons College. This podcast, the first of four, is a panel discussion titled “Stories and Survival Tips From Year One”. People on the panel included: Amy Fiske, Emily Sypole, Michelle McGarry, Margaret Schoen, and Deanna Caron. Simmons…
On March 30th, 2012, PLG and ALASC hosted a lecture by Virginia Eubanks, co-founder of “Our Knowledge, Our Power: Surviving Welfare” and a professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Albany. Virginia discusses her book “Digital Dead End”, and argues that ideas about how high-tech development can move us towards social equality are based…
On March 30th, 2012, Simmons GSLIS hosted an event titled �The Future of Reference�. This was sponsored by the Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program, which honors the memory of distinguished teacher and scholar Allen Smith. The second part of this two-part podcast features a keynote from Joe Janes, Chair of the MLIS Program of the…
On March 30th, 2012, Simmons GSLIS hosted an event titled “The Future of Reference”. This was sponsored by the Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program, which honors the memory of distinguished teacher and scholar Allen Smith. The first of this two-part podcast features an series of speakers including Marie Radford, Associate Professor of Library and Information…
